Rival Sons Announce New Album ‘DarkFighter’ Share Explosive Single & Video

Photo: Rival Sons by Robbie Klein, Darkfighter

Rival Sons Announce New Album ‘DarkFighter’ and Share Explosive Single & Video

Two-time Grammy nominated rock band Rival Sons have announced a highly anticipated new studio album Darkfighter, set to release March 10th.

Produced by longtime collaborator and multi Grammy Award-winner Dave Cobb, Darkfighter is led by the explosive single “Nobody Wants to Die,” which is available today all streaming platforms. It’s accompanied by an Eli Sokhn directed music video streaming now on Rival Sons’ YouTube channel. The track notably marks the first new music from Rival Sons since the release of 2019’s Feral Roots, which earned the band two Grammy Award nominations.

“Nobody Wants To Die” hits like a tanker full of musical jet fuel. It’s a high-intensity song built on a rocket of a pocket, hard guitar tones, and an all-pro level of musicianship. Lead singer Jay Buchanan delivers his fire-and-brimstone lyrics with fearsome energy and the confidence of a man who believes what he’s saying. The action-packed desert noir music video that accompanies the track ratchets its bite up even further and will keep you entertained through multiple viewings. Looking for something fresh that’s heavy and full of the concrete truth about this life? “Nobody Wants To Die” is your jam.

Pre-order/pre-save Darkfighter Here

Watch “Nobody Wants To Die”

The single is available today Here

Regarding “Nobody Wants to Die,” vocalist Jay Buchanan shares, “You live your life knowing that the sword of Damocles is hanging over your head by a thread. You’re fully aware of the impermanence of your existence, but you can’t think about it all the time—or it’ll fuck your life up. I used to work in a mortuary as a service advisor for a few years, driving and opening the hearses. I’d attend three funerals per day. Sometimes, they would be filled over capacity. Other times, it would just be me, a priest, and a hole in the ground. It doesn’t matter who you are; the great equalizer is coming. I was thinking of this because the music sounded like pursuit.”

To celebrate the announcement, Rival Sons are set to perform an intimate one night only show at Los Angeles’ Peppermint Club on October 18th. For tickets and more information on Rival Sons’ upcoming live dates, Visit Here

In 2021, Rival Sons celebrated the 10th anniversary of their 2011 album, Pressure and Time, by performing the landmark long player live in its entirety on the Pressure and Time Tour for the first time. They also lit up Southern California with a two-night livestream event, Rival Sons – “PAIR OF ACES” – Live from the historic Catalina Casino on Santa Catalina Island. They performed their debut LP, Before the Fire [2009], in its entirety on the first night and their self-titled EP, Rival Sons [2010], on the second.

Darkfighter Track Listing
Mirrors
Nobody Wants to Die
Bird in the Hand
Bright Light
Rapture
Guillotine
Horses Breath
Darkside

About Rival Sons
Rival Sons – Jay Buchanan [vocals, harmonica, rhythm guitar], Scott Holiday [lead guitar], Mike Miley [drums], and Dave Beste [bass] – play rock ‘n’ roll in its purest form without apology or pretense. Instead, they simply plug in, turn up, and rip on a path of their own. Along the way, they’ve architected a critically acclaimed catalog, including Pressure & Time [2011], Head Down [2012], Great Western Valkyrie [2014], Hollow Bones [2016], and Feral Roots [2019]. The latter represented a creative and critical high watermark, scoring a pair of GRAMMY® Award nominations in the categories of “Best Rock Album” and “Best Rock Performance” for the single “Too Bad.”

Elevating the band to another level, “Do Your Worst” vaulted to #1 at Rock Radio as their biggest hit to date, tallying north of 60 million streams and counting. Speaking to their impact, Rolling Stone attested, “Rival Sons have done their part to introduce new fans to rock.” Beyond sharing stages with everyone from Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, and AC/DC to Guns N’ Roses and Lenny Kravitz, they’ve ignited television shows such as The Late Late Show with James Corden. During 2021, they launched their own label Sacred Tongue Recordings distributed by Thirty Tigers and celebrated the tenth anniversary of Pressure & Time by performing the album in its entirety on tour.